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This Nov. 3, 2012 photo shows wind turbines, alongside an electrical tower, at the National Wind Technology Center, run by the U.S. Department of Energy, outside Boulder, Colo. The wind energy boom touted by President Barack Obama as a key to America's energy strategy has hit a wall in an election-year political dispute with Republican lawmakers over taxpayer support for renewable energy. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) Photo by